A BIRTHDAY TREAT

This idea came to me whilst scoffing a rather large ice-cream courtesy of Mr Whippy; I had forgotten just how utterly tasty they were. I haven't had one since I was a wee girl and as the sun is shining and the temperature seems to be creeping into the dizzy heights I thought I would treat myself and Cameron to two of the biggest I have ever seen complete with chocolate sauce!


Anyhoo, here it is, a "birthday treat" or whatever treat you like. There are so may fabulous stamp sets to choose from you can tailor this project to any occasion!

Click on the photos for a closer look.

As you can see there is room for both a card and a gift card (just my Tesco club card here, nothing too exciting). I have been looking at ways in which to combine the two ideas.


For posting, you may want to use ribbon for the handle instead of cardstock. 

Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White and Kraft

Ink: Real Red

Stamp Sets: Fun and Fast Notes, Cheers and Wishes

Accessories: Scallop circle punch, Eyelet border punch, Designer series paper, paper piercing tool and Hodgepodge hardware

Non Stampin' Up: Red Ribbon

AND FINALLY...

Third blog and final entry for the day, I think it's safe to say that I am thoroughly addicted to all this! 

The children are in bed, the house is nice and tidy and instead of watching television I am in the kitchen tinkering away.

Isn't this Easel card the cutest? I love the colours and it was super quick and easy to put together. Unfortunately, the stamp set I got the circles (frames) from is now retired but I adore it, so couldn't resist.

Click on the picture for a closer look.

Cardstock: Pixie Pink and Lovely Lilac

Ink: Basic Grey, Pixie Pink and Brilliant Blue

Stamp Sets: Cheers and Wishes (sentiment) and Vintage Labels (retired)

Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch

Non Stampin' Up!: Button

Night, Night!

YOU'RE INVITED

Its that time of year again folks. Not sure what was going on this time 6 years ago but it seems that every child that we know was born within a 4 month period of one and another, wink, wink! 


Cameron will soon be invited to a multitude of birthday parties and so spending the afternoon creating an invitation or two seemed like an appropriate choice of project. 

I had a few bits of cardstock left over from last project so I've stuck with the same colour combo. As you can see, the base of the invitation is stamped with the "A Beautiful Thing" wheel. I had already done this, with another project in mind but you know what they say, "waste not, want not"! 


I think Stampin' Up! have really got it spot on here, I would never have put these two colours together. I've teamed them with an easy hole punch design, gives it a retro look I think.

Click on the picture to have a closer look.

Cardstock: Only Orange and Brilliant Blue

Ink: Only Orange and Brilliant Blue

Stamp sets: "Fun and Fast Notes", "Cheer and Wishes" and "A Beautiful Thing"
Accessories: corner rounder and hole punch

The "Birthday" sentiment was part of a larger sentiment stamp. I inked the area I wanted and then carefully removed ink from the other words using an alcohol free baby wipe and then dried it thoroughly. I won't lie to you folks, it took quite a while to make sure there was absolutely no ink left behind; makes me wish a I had a set of Stampin' Write markers! All I would have had to do then, is quickly colour over my chosen word and stamped away. My birthday isn't until September....Weep.

 

SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS

I don't know about anyone else but I seem to find cards for guys notoriously hard to dream up. Stampin' Up! has made it just that little bit easier though. So many of the stamps can be used for male and female cards, all we have to do is find the right colours and with the Colour Families (page 6 and 7 of the Idea book and catalogue), that bits easy too!


I made this today with my little boy Cameron in mind; its not his birthday until August but you can never be too organized I always say. 


I had a bit of a "ding" in the left hand corner but I live by that age old adage, "there are no mistakes in crafting", LOL! 

Cardstock: Green Galore and Glorious Green

Ink: Real Red, Brilliant Blue and Basic Black

Stamp sets: "Fun and Fast Notes" and "Cheers and Wishes"

Acessories: Silver Brads, corner rounder